This photograph was damaged with extensive cracks and creases.

Using KADC's Digital ICE for flatbed scanners, the damage is removed instantly.

During the typical scanning process, data is gathered through red, green and blue (RGB) channels. The Digital ICE technology employs a proprietary methodology to construct a map of defect data. The defect map contains information about the strength and location of the surface defects. These defects are subsequently removed from the digital image data, yielding an image whose pristine detail is unaltered.

The three-channel RGB output resulting from this process is like any other RGB image and can be used by higher-level applications without any special accommodation by the third-party software.

The key to success with this defect correction solution is precise separation of the defects from the underlying image. This is critical to avoid any blurring or other alteration of the non-defective image data.

1. Corrections for scanner system variables
2. Generation of an accurate defect map
3. Defective pixel correction algorithms

While software can somewhat compensate for scanner deficiencies, the general rule is that the better the hardware, the better the image correction. The speed and quality of defect correction are dependent upon the basic imaging capability of the scanner as well as the exact implementation of the technology.